Angry thread - why are some courses open at this time of year?????????

[Deleted member 15344]

Chris it wouldn't have bothered me in the slightest - it would have been my choice to play it

 

[chrisd]

Chris it wouldn't have bothered me in the slightest - it would have been my choice to play it

Yeah right!

 

[Deleted member 15344]

Yeah right!

Chris it's my own choice to play the game on any condition course - if I'm swinging a club and hitting a ball that will do

No one is forced to play on a course- especially if you know it suffers from the rain and the country has just suffered a massive storm

 

[HomerJSimpson]

I know Traditions very well and it was a gamble to play there in the current conditions but if the pro is taking your money and not giving you any indication that its not playable at the time that's not really on. Holes can be closed for any manner of reasons (greens maintenance, drainage, damage) and so if the other 15 are open you'd think the course would be playable. Personally I'd have tried to play Pyrford just down the road. Much nicer course and better maintained

 

[CheltenhamHacker]

Chris it's my own choice to play the game on any condition course - if I'm swinging a club and hitting a ball that will do

No one is forced to play on a course- especially if you know it suffers from the rain and the country has just suffered a massive storm

The north had a massive storm, I don't really remember anything that bad in the South East. Maybe it conveniently missed me?

I'm sure the OP would have thought otherwise about playing, but the issue was that he wasn't told the course was in. My old course had two holes that suffered waterlogging badly. If I assumed the whole course was bad when these two were closed, I would barely have played. If the 15 holes are open, and the pro doesn't say anything, I would assume those 15 were in good nick.

I can't imagine you will ever back down though, and admit that you would be annoyed. You've drawn your line in the sand, yet to see you step over it.

 

[HomerJSimpson]

The north had a massive storm, I don't really remember anything that bad in the South East. Maybe it conveniently missed me?

I'm sure the OP would have thought otherwise about playing, but the issue was that he wasn't told the course was in. My old course had two holes that suffered waterlogging badly. If I assumed the whole course was bad when these two were closed, I would barely have played. If the 15 holes are open, and the pro doesn't say anything, I would assume those 15 were in good nick.

I can't imagine you will ever back down though, and admit that you would be annoyed. You've drawn your line in the sand, yet to see you step over it.

We missed the big storms from up north. Some rain but nothing horrendous and to be honest I thought Berkshire and Surrey had escaped quite lightly. If anything it would have been the winds that have been the biggest issue and would have made playing rather interesting. Certainly Saturday afternoon when I went for a walk it was blowy and glad I wasn't playing and when I practiced yesterday it was strong and biting. Still think if the pro doesn't offer any opinion on the state of the course it's to be assumed the open holes should be playable

 

[chrisd]

Chris it's my own choice to play the game on any condition course - if I'm swinging a club and hitting a ball that will do

No one is forced to play on a course- especially if you know it suffers from the rain and the country has just suffered a massive storm

That part I agree Phil, and it's your choice if swinging a club and hitting a ball will do for you, you must accept that others may be anything but pleased by the lack of customer care

If, however, you book in advance and have a distance to travel and they know that they aren't going to provide the course you are paying to play, then the least they can do is to give you the option before you travel and, where appropriate, reduce the green fee accordingly, if that is acceptable to the players!

 

[garyinderry]

Wet fairways are to be expected this time of year especially if you know it has problems in that department. The fact the 15 greens were open meant that it was playable if not fully enjoyable.

 

[garyinderry]

if in any doubt, ring ahead and find a suitable alternative.

 

[Deleted member 15344]

if in any doubt, ring ahead and find a suitable alternative.

Exactly my point :thup:

 

[JCW]

If you went to an ice rink and paid £22 entry, then found it was a pool of water, would you blame yourself for not asking the staff if the ice was skateable?

Ice rink thats a swimming pool , are you for real , what kind of post is that ?

 

[User20205]

If you know it gets wet seems a strange decision to go there.

That said, if they're charging a green fee, the club has a responsibility to make sure the course is playable.... But who defines playability ?

 

[duncan mackie]

I know Traditions very well and it was a gamble to play there in the current conditions but if the pro is taking your money and not giving you any indication that its not playable at the time that's not really on.

the opening post tells you that the money was paid 5 days earlier...

 

[Qwerty]

I know the answer is because money makes the world go round, but still.

Played Traditions on Sunday after a relatively dry week down here in Surrey. No torrential rain, no heavy downpours, a little rain yes, but not enough in my stupid, stupid mind to make a golf course unplayable. After taking my payment last Tuesday in full as a deposit, we turned up to be told only 15 holes open. "Just play the last 3 again" they said.

The course was empty. Probably because everyone who plays there normally wouldn't be stupid enough to play there when it's rained in the slightest.

We proceeded to go out and play, as it was 9am and didn't fancy packing the gear in the car to find somewhere else.

The course was horrific. Almost every fairway was waterlogged. We were all finding bogs of water everywhere. Although the greens were good, the rest of the course was really unplayable. We walked in after 12 holes, disgusted by the fact that Crown Golf hadn't decided to close the course.

I've played Traditions a few times, and I knew it wasn't great with water. But, in my naive head, when a course is open, it generally means it is playable. Plenty of courses close on the basis it is too wet to play. Apparently, not Traditions.

I'll not be rushing to give them my money again.

:rant:

Its a parkland muni in December, it's probably the same at most of them throughout the country.
Unless its frozen or standing water on the greens they'll be open.

Ive played quite a few links this time of year that have had fairways flooded and payed a lot more than £22.
West lancs and Silloth with the lads off here spring to mind. I've never thought of complaining, it's just winter golf.

You need to pay a bit more than £22 for well draining fairways this time of year.

 

[richart]

I know the answer is because money makes the world go round, but still.

Played Traditions on Sunday after a relatively dry week down here in Surrey. No torrential rain, no heavy downpours, a little rain yes, but not enough in my stupid, stupid mind to make a golf course unplayable. After taking my payment last Tuesday in full as a deposit, we turned up to be told only 15 holes open. "Just play the last 3 again" they said.

The course was empty. Probably because everyone who plays there normally wouldn't be stupid enough to play there when it's rained in the slightest.

We proceeded to go out and play, as it was 9am and didn't fancy packing the gear in the car to find somewhere else.

The course was horrific. Almost every fairway was waterlogged. We were all finding bogs of water everywhere. Although the greens were good, the rest of the course was really unplayable. We walked in after 12 holes, disgusted by the fact that Crown Golf hadn't decided to close the course.

I've played Traditions a few times, and I knew it wasn't great with water. But, in my naive head, when a course is open, it generally means it is playable. Plenty of courses close on the basis it is too wet to play. Apparently, not Traditions.

I'll not be rushing to give them my money again.

:rant:

You must have missed the rain we had on Thursday night in Hampshire. Course was closed all day Friday, and only because of the good drainage did we open on Saturday.

 

[CMAC]

unless its links golf on a dry day above 6* celc there is no point in trying to play golf in winter.

 

[garyinderry]

I had to do quite a bit of ringing around Saturday morning to find somewhere that was half playable. It wasn't perfect by any means but did the job for under £20

 

[sam85]

That's what I was thinking, it poured down Thursday night/early hours of Friday here.

We were also closed on Friday morning so decided to go and play Silvermere, course was pretty wet but perfectly playable.

I did actually comment that Traditions was the last place I would be thinking of playing after even the slightest hint of rain.

 

[Foxholer]

I know Traditions very well and it was a gamble to play there in the current conditions but if the pro is taking your money and not giving you any indication that its not playable at the time that's not really on. Holes can be closed for any manner of reasons (greens maintenance, drainage, damage) and so if the other 15 are open you'd think the course would be playable. Personally I'd have tried to play Pyrford just down the road. Much nicer course and better maintained

100% agree with this!

Very poor show by those that took your booking. The least they should do is say that 3 holes are closed because of the conditions and that it's boggy elsewhere. That way, it really is up to you as to whether to play or not - and if you do decide, you have no comeback. And a 'proper' service would have been to contact their sister club, virtually next door, to find out if there were slots available - even if you had to pay a little extra for the significantly better course

As an example of the sort of service that can be provided, Murrayshall arranged for our group to 'transfer' to Blairgowrie Landsdowne when their 'marginal, may not open' call was confirmed. No upcharge and a fabulous breakfast thrown in. We had no hesitation returning to both (well, Rosemount) a while later!

 

[Tarkus1212]

My good lady and I were due to play at Prestwick Country Club in Myrtle Beach, when we arrived it was raining and the forecast was for it to rain all day. We were offered and accepted a rain check - which was honoured 8 years later despite the fact that we forgot the actual rain check ticket, they took our word for it and we emailed them a scan of the ticket on our return home. Now that is service the way it should be done.